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Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert

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Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a cyclone brought a deluge of rain to northern Africa .

Extratropical cyclone hit parts of Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia and Libya on Sept. 7 and 8 .

The deluge and runoff filled multiple ephemeral lakes, including Sebkha el Melah in Algeria and several dotted around the Erg Chebbi .

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